Looking at the sparkling Qinhuai River, Peng Ziyun was silent.

He thought for a while, turned his head to look at his wife, and said, "Qingyin, are you scared?" ”

“...... Afraid? How so? ”

Liu Qingyin's slightly exaggerated smile disappeared, and he turned his head to look at the riverbank, and said in a somewhat unnatural tone.

"Hu Hui!"

“......”

Liu Qingyin's body trembled slightly, the name Hu Hu had become a nightmare for the White Lotus Sect.

It all started two years ago.

In the sixth year of Jianwen, in order to command the Korean conquest and the Northeast development war nearby, Emperor Zhu Yunwen visited Beijing and did not return to Beijing until the end of the war.

In the past half a year, Zhu Yunwen's younger brother Zhu Yunxi, the king of Taiwan, and his uncle, Zhu Zhen, the king of Chu, had thoughts that they shouldn't have and caused some trouble.

To this end, the emperor set up a security department, and Hu Hu and Ji Gang served as the chief and deputy directors respectively.

Ji Gang is a landed talent, which can be described as a rising tide and soaring into the sky, so he is full of enthusiasm and murderous spirit; Hu Hui is different, he is a two-rank jinshi, and he is very displeased with this kind of messenger who spies on the secrets of his colleagues and hopes to be motivated.

Therefore, Hu Hui is not very concerned about the affairs of the Security Division, and he leaves everything to Ji Gang to do, and he is not willing to come forward at all.

This inaction led to the tragedy that followed.

Ji Gang was overwhelmed, and even participated in the game at the highest level, and instructed his subordinates to kill Xu Zengshou, the youngest son of Xu Da, the Duke of Wei, in the name of arrest, which caused an uproar in the government and the opposition, and the military, nobles, and courtiers were afraid of the resurgence of Hong Wunian's spy politics, so they advocated severe punishment of the murderer.

In the end, the emperor was furious, executed Ji Gang, removed Hu Hu from his position as director, and ordered him to capture the White Lotus Sect for self-efficacy.

This is Zhu Yunwen's bad taste, after all, Hu Hu is an envoy who has captured himself for 20 years in another time and space, so he should always have some ability!

In addition, Zhu Yunwen is also a little dissatisfied, this Hu Hu is really shameless!

The appointment of a "White Lotus Sect Capture Ambassador" completely alerted Hu Hui, of course, to a certain extent, this is also in line with Hu Hui's ideals, after all, arresting the White Lotus Sect is much better than spying on colleagues and gossip, and this is also his last chance, so he lifted his spirits and began a career of frantically capturing the White Lotus Sect.

Hu Hu is indeed very capable.

He first listed the matter as a priority, the highest priority was of course the "puppet emperor" Tian Wanjia and the "puppet princess" Tian Yuer of the Qingzhou rebellion, followed by the Jiangbei White Lotus Sect, according to various signs, the Qingzhou rebellion and the Jiangbei White Lotus Sect are inextricably linked, according to which it is judged that the Jiangbei White Lotus Sect should be near Shandong; The lowest priority is the Jiangnan White Lotus Sect, which is adjacent to Gyeonggi and can't make much trouble for the time being.

The Tian sisters and brothers said that the emperor was against the sky, and the crime could not be punished, in addition, they were originally Qiang people in the Hanzhong area of Shaanxi, and their appearance, accent and other characteristics were very obvious, and they were not familiar with the terrain in Shandong, so they were the easiest targets to arrest.

In addition, giving priority to the arrest of the Tian brothers and sisters, Hu Hu has a deeper consideration, that is, pulling out the radish and bringing out the mud, as long as the Jiangbei White Lotus Sect is involved, whether they choose to protect the Tian brothers or pursue them, they must show clues; If they choose to stand by and watch, then it will be simpler, as long as they catch the Tian brothers and sisters, they can get the news of the Jiangbei White Lotus Sect from their mouths, the so-called different paths to the same end, the result is not much different.

In the process of arresting, Hu Hu found that the White Lotus Sect chose to chase and kill, while the Tian sisters and brothers had already prepared, and fled north immediately after the city of Qingzhou was broken, because the road to the west had been tightly blocked by Hu Hu's people, and the Yellow River and the Yangtze River to the south and the sea to the east were all desperate roads, so they could only choose to go north.

Hu Hu just couldn't turn the corner before, but now he is brave after being ashamed, coupled with the huge manpower and material resources of the imperial court, his ability is immediately brought into play.

Under his command, the killers of the White Lotus Sect were arrested one after another, and the team of the Tian brothers and sisters gradually dispersed, and in the end, only a dozen people fled with them.

After arriving outside the gate, the killers of the White Lotus Sect gradually became scarce, and they should have exceeded their capabilities.

But the difficulties of the Tian siblings have only just begun.

At first, the Tian sisters and brothers thought they had come to the right place, because the people in the Northeast were mixed, the Jurchens, the Japanese people, the Koreans, the Mongols, and the Han people were mixed, and those who built roads, did business, panned for gold, and dug ginseng, came and went, and the accents and appearances of the Tian sisters and brothers immediately disappeared in the crowd, and they were no longer a problem.

It's a pity that the Northeast is under military control.

At that time, Chang Sheng and Li Yuan, who were in charge of the northeast, gave an order, and the army was dispatched to encircle and suppress the White Lotus cultists.

To add insult to injury, the Jurchens soon joined the wave of arrests.

The reason is very simple, because in the process of the Ming army's dispatch, they slaughtered several Jurchen tribes suspected of harboring bandits, which made the Jurchen tribe rumored and had to discharge manpower to assist in the search to show their innocence.

During the three-month arrest, the Jurchen tribes in the northeast were full of complaints and suffering, and the Ming army's massacres, extortion, and self-enrichment of their own pockets objectively promoted the subsequent Jurchen rebellion.

Finally, in November of the eighth year of Jianwen, Tian Wanjia and Tian Yuer, two Dumiao, were captured in a mountain village outside Tonghua City, without any subordinates by their side, and the two sisters and brothers were also described as withered and skinny......

The news was reported to the Jingshi, and the emperor Longyan Dayue rewarded Hu Hu, and at the same time gave Hu Hu greater authority to continue to hunt down the White Lotus Sect.

After receiving the reward, Hu Hu was not complacent, but more cautious.

After interrogating the Tian sisters and brothers, Hu Hu set his eyes on Shandong, but on the surface, he remained still.

In June of the ninth year of Jianwen, Hu Hui suddenly sent troops to surround the Jiangbei White Lotus Sect General Altar near Qingzhou.

The main altar of the Jiangbei White Lotus Sect was originally in Jining, but Lin Guodong was scheming, he thought that it was a matter of time before the Tian family sisters and brothers were arrested, and once they confessed, the general altar of Jining would immediately face the encirclement and suppression of the Ming army, and it would inevitably perish.

However, this made it easier for Hu Hu, because Jining was located by the canal, so it was very easy to escape, while Qingzhou was not.

In this battle, the bandit leader Lin Guodong had no choice but to commit suicide, most of the sect members were captured, a small number were captured, and only Lin Guodong's son Lin He escaped alive.

The bad news spread to Pengjiazhuang, Suzhou, and Liu Qingyin lost his voice and was in pain.

She was raised by Lin Guodong since she was a child, and when she grew up, she was supposed to marry Lin He as his wife, but Liu Qingyin finally married Peng Ziyun and left the Jiangbei White Lotus Sect.

But Lin Guodong did not treat her badly, as long as his old subordinates were willing to follow Liu Qingyin, let him stay, and at the same time sent a lot of gold, silver, silk and other things to the Peng family as a dowry.

Therefore, when Shandong was in turmoil, Liu Qingyin was grateful for his kindness and insisted on going north, intending to rescue the Lin family father and son.

It's a pity that outside Qingzhou City, because their whereabouts were revealed, the two were chased and killed by Qingzhou's "Guardian Holy Army".

In the end, Ma Hamu and Liu Qingyin were commensurate with brother and sister, which made Peng Ziyun a little unhappy.

Three months later, that is, in September of the ninth year of Jianwen, the people sent by Liu Qingyin finally found Lin He, who was lame, and she planned to take him to Pengjiazhuang for cultivation, but was opposed by the White Lotus Sect in Jiangnan, especially the father and son of the Peng family.

After several disputes, Lin He was placed on an island in the middle of Taihu Lake, with several servants to take care of him......

Almost at the same time that Lin He was rescued, Hu Hu was summoned to the Beijing Division, and the conquest and suppression of the White Lotus Sect in Jiangnan was put on the agenda by the imperial court.

The news soon spread to Pengjiazhuang, and everyone was shocked and immediately held a meeting to discuss countermeasures.

After several discussions, everyone determined a few strategies, and Peng Ziyun and Liu Qingyin came to Beijing to spy on them, hoping to find an opportunity.

It happened by coincidence.

Mahamu is back.

He has just returned from the Wa Kingdom, returned with honors, and is about to be promoted to major general, which can be described as full of ambition, the only regret is that he has no children under his knees, and there is no woman around him to accompany him, and he is a little lonely and sleepless.

So when he set off for the Wa Kingdom, he sent someone to inform Liu Qingyin and asked him to prepare a few beauties, because he knew that the Peng family and his wife owned a chamber of commerce, owned several flower boats on the Qinhuai River, and also owned three Qinglou.

Liu Qingyin, who got the news, rolled his eyes and immediately passed the news of Samur's capture to Mahamu.

Maham was overjoyed upon hearing the news and immediately discussed countermeasures, and at the same time, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, he slowed down his return to Beijing, because the emperor did not strictly restrict the date of his return.

Mahamu is from the grassland and is naturally afraid of water, so he doesn't like to take a boat, so he chose to return to Beijing by land, which is high and long, and a little delay is not a big deal.

Later, there was a "wife snatching incident" during the Lantern Festival......